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<p>Cambridge had 26,060 residents in 1860.</p> +
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<p>Camp Sedgwick was in northern VA. FORT Sedgwick was near Petersburg, and not built after the Battle of the Wilderness. [ba]</p> +
<p>Camp Seminary was located near Fairfax Seminary in Alexandria VA, near Washington DC. </p>
<p>One may infer that the 2<sup>nd</sup> NJ remained at winter quarters in Alexandria VA at this time, providing protection to Washington. </p> +
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<p>Can we determine Spalding's sources for this account? Is the game account clear that New York rules were used?</p> +
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<p>Can we determine if this game was played by Mass game rules?</p> +
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<p>Can we discover more about this club's foundation, history, and fate? </p> +
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<p>Cannot confirm this source. The rules described appeared in the <em>New York Clipper, </em>October 10, 1857.</p> +
<p>Canton, NY is about 15 miles SE of Ogdensburg NY. Its population in 2000 was a bit over 10,000.</p>
<p>Ogdensburg [1853 population "about 6500"] is about 60 miles [NE] down the St. Lawrence River from Lake Ontario. It is about 60 miles south of Ottawa, about 120 miles north of Syracuse, and about 125 miles SW (upriver) of Montreal.</p> +
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<p>Caution: Protoball has them playing in Buffalo that day, with a different score.</p> +
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<p>Center Field. Also spelled "Bonaffon" and "Bonnaffon" in other sources. The Nashville City Directory lists "FV Bonnaffin" as a clerk for the quartermaster at a railroad depot. In 1867, "F.V. Bonnaffon" was stationed under the Nashville quartermaster in Kentucky.</p> +
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<p>Cf Marion Base Ball Club of South Brooklyn. [ba]</p> +
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<p>Chadwick emigrated from western England, and is reported to have been familiar with rounders there.</p>
<p>His claim that American base ball had evolved from English rounders was long refuted by fans of the American game.</p>
<p>In 1871 Chadwick identified Two-Old-Cat as the parent of American base ball. See [[1871.20]] </p>
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<p>Chapter 1 deals with baseball in Maine from statehood well into the 20th century and he does tie some of the early stories to newspaper documentation.</p> +
<p>Chapters 1 and 2 deal with early Maine baseball.</p> +
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<p>Chatham was known as "Chatham Four Corners" until 1869.</p> +
<p>Chicopee of Groton (Senior club)</p>
<p>Riverside of Nashua (Junior club)</p> +
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<p>Chris Hauser, in an email on 9/26/2007, estimates that this notice appeared in the <em>New York Anglo-African</em>, and was referenced in Leslie Heaphy's <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Negro League Baseball.</span></p> +
<p>Chron serial#1840.16 was formerly assigned to stories of Abe Lincoln's ballplaying as a young man; see #[[1830s.16]] for that item.</p> +